VIJAYAWADA: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) is going to introduce new syllabus for the second-year Intermediate courses from next year.According to sources, language subjects will be updated with more focus on communication skills.
In June this year, the BIE introduced new syllabus for the first-year Intermediate courses. The board had revised the syllabi for languages such as English, Telugu and Sanskrit and added minor topics in the group subjects. Similarly, new topics will be added in the existing second year Intermediate syllabus, especially in the languages section. The textbooks are being prepared by the experts of a revised committee appointed by the BIE.
The syllabi are being revised to make students excel in competitive exams such as NEET, JEE, CA and others.As part of revising the syllabus, the Board of Intermediate Education had introduced a topic on bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh in the first year civics textbook this year.Similarly, a topic related to State bifurcation and the challenges being faced by the administration will be introduced for the second-year Intermediate students.In languages section, topics on Andhra-based writers will be added for Telugu.
Similarly, in group subjects such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Botany and Zoology, the officials have accorded priority to the vital concepts of NCERT syllabus that were untouched in the State syllabus.
Speaking to TNIE, a senior official of BIE, on the condition of anonymity, said, “The updation of syllabus is still under process and we are pretty sure that students will be benefited from the revised syllabus. The textbooks will be ready by the first week of June and they will be supplied to all book centres and junior colleges soon after.”